Islanders swim beats Lake Washington

The Mercer Island boys swimmers downed Lake Washington in a league meet, beating the Kangaroos by 100 points, 141-41.

The Islanders, currently undefeated in the season, hosted Bellevue yesterday, a key meet for the Islanders this season, and will travel to Bainbridge on Thursday for the team’s second to last meet of the regular season. Mercer Island will return home for the final regular season meet on Tuesday, Jan. 26, against Inglemoor.

Mercer Island 141, Lake Washington 41

200 medley relay – Mercer Island (Wingerson, Fisk, Homchick, Greutert) 1:50.99. 200 free – Jimmy Deiparine, 1:55.00. 200 individual medley – Quinn Markwith, 2:06.36. 50 free – Ian Fisk, 22.67. Diving – George Meier, Lake Washington, 170.90. 100 fly – Lorenzo Molinari, 1:01.89. 100 free – Wingerson, 49.64. 500 free – Deiparine, 5:10.85. 200 free relay – Mercer Island (Danciu, Trimble, Trowbridge, Piper) 1:40.78. 100 back – Homchick, 1:02.56. 100 breast – Fisk, 1:06.62. 400 free relay – Mercer Island (Benca, Danciu, Wingerson, Deiparine) 3:26.05.

Gymnastics edges out Lake Washington

In their first home meet of the season, the Mercer Island girls gymnastics squad beat Lake Washington, 142.25-139.35, last Thursday at Mercer Island High School.

The team, which will host Inglemoor on Thursday night at MIHS, swept the top three spots in the beam competition, took second and third in the floor, and was second overall in the vault.

The Islanders will travel to Bothell on Jan. 28 for the last regular season meet of the year, before the KingCo meet on Feb. 2 at Mount Si High School.

Mercer Island 142.25, Lake Washington 139.35

Bars – 1, Stephanie Goodman, LW, 7.0; 2, Sydney Woolf, LW, 6.8; 3, Haley Huntington, LW, 6.7. Beam – 1, Kristin Trumble, MI, 8.4; 2, Kari Johnson, MI, 8.35; 3, Meg Lindsay, MI, 8.25. Floor – 1, Huntington, LW, 8.4; 2, Johnson, MI, 8.2; 3, Lindsay, MI, 8.1. Vault – 1, Woolf, LW, 8.5; 2, Johnson, MI, 8.3; 3, Huntington, LW, 8.25.